EdTechTalk #50 - The User Appreciation Show

We had a great show talking to the edtechtalk community. We had eight or nine people skype in to talk about what they were working on and we highlighted another 10 or so from our user list. A great show if you're trying to get a sense of what different people around the world are working on.
Show Notes Below

Rod Brent I'm an assistant professor and I.T. director at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. I host a podcast on d.i.y. podcasting called "Rod's Pulse Podcast". Pulse is our brand for the Blackboard system.
http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com/

Lyndall Owbridge I think that what we have in Queensland, Australia, for all Education Queensland schools works rather well. The Learning Place is a dynamic centre for eLearning that offers schools free communication tools, resources, communities, and on-line learning in a secure, safe environment with some contolled portholes that are viewable on the Internet. I see it as a cocoon within the web.
http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/

Anna Cunningham I teach literacy and numeracy to adults, mainly young, early school-leavers who have been classified as "disengaged learners". Low literacy levels and general skills mean that these people have poor job prospects and need innovative teaching to re-engage them. Furthermore they are doing their studies by distance mode, so the new technologies and exciting developments in social software make excellent resources. Unfortunately the students have access and equity issues because of the inherent expense of communication technologies - but we keep hoping ....

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